Call of Duty: World at War Triple-Format Face-Off Comments by Richard Leadbetter

these face off articals are really starting to piss me off now

Do you also walk round wearing clothes you don't like? Eating food you don't like? You have options people, options!

"I say that the PC is swiftly becoming a viable 'console' in itself"

Er, sure. :/

@retibra

hooray! I couldn't agree more, 360 will always perform better because the GPU is more capable... without some rather bespoke programming techniques the PS3 is on the back foot.

These features are just highlighting time after time the same things.... 360 has better fill rate and more AA on cross platform development.

To be honest in my own experience the difference is so small it's meaningless and this type of article is indeed just ammunition for fan-boy behaviour. If the PS3 consistently beat the 360 it would be equally as pointless.

"The perception, however, is one of parity cross-platform and that, of course, is more important than technical fact." ... right so why was a three page article devoted to technical fact when you only gave the review itself 2 pages. Why not just update the review with "360 had a bit better frame rate and PS3 dropped some detail occasionally - but not that you'd notice that much". Then use the time and effort on some interesting articles. Craziness I know.

That wouldnt generate the page hits eurogamer seem so desperate for DrDamn!

lol, 360 looks like crap in every pic!!

doubtful. Richard is clear as day a fanboy xbot.

Yeah, I noticed that soldier's boot.

No, really....

"COD4 for me is the most over rated fps (bar Halo) for a long time, no one has a bad thing to say about it. That's just my opinion but can anyone tell me why its so good"

It isn't good. Well not the campaign mode, anyway. Actually it's absolutely horrible (and near broken). Getting killed from cooked 'nades is a pretty broken experience, and I've had the game save at a checkpoint on 'War Pig' a few times when the tank has been a half second away from exploding. No choice but to start the level over from scratch.

Pretty depressing that so many people hold CoD4 in such high regard when the archaic game mechanics are so visible. It feels like a light gun shooting game with some level of controllable player movement.

people only like it because its noob friendly with small maps ,the game is nothing but run around and shoot each other in the back.

I think EG should continue doing these articles, mostly because it's the only way of knowing what's different (usually, what's wrong) on the PS3.

Not everyone can buy all the consoles, and it seems that I chose the wrong one in one aspect: There are almost no reviews of cross-platform games actually reviewed on the PS3.

Idiots at EG.

CoD WaW is a GFW game. that means it has joypad support out of the box. Morons. How pro console has EG got lately?

Not everyone can buy all the consoles, and it seems that I chose the wrong one in one aspect

I have both 360 and PS3... trust me... there's nothing in it and I often find the differences described are not worth the debate. IMO all that is required is that if one version happens to be a lot worse than another then they should just append a note to the review.

This type of anal analysis isn't achieving anything other than website hits and fueling playground type battles of words.

Shows how mad this whole process had got when a PC costing 2-3 times as much as either console is shown to have the pants cheapo version. Back a couple of months, we had PC Gaming is Dead headlines. Back then, it was all talk, but now the money is going to the consoles. Is this the thin end of the wedge for the PC crowd?

But no, stuff the possible major change to gaming funding emphasis, in a headline FPS even, let's all b*tch about a frame drop or boot texture between the 360 and PS3.

/shakes head at Leadbetter's ignoring of 360 issues, and overemphasis of PS3 differences yet again... 360 dropped frames, fuzzy shadows and low rez textures are fine, but a frame drop - during a cut scene, no less - is suddenly "mildly annoying". Give it up. Hell, it's not even generating the comment war and hit count it used to.

There are way too many idiot fucking fanboys here (like NickD09). You want your beloved 360 to win sooo badly that your mind is fabricating differences that simply ARE NOT THERE!

Both versions are almost identical. The PS3 version is a little bit lighter, and the 360 versions a little darker.

More of you fucks should listen to Timmy182008. He is making the point that most of the comparisons done here are on 360 games ported to the PS3. So really, what is being compared is the original code, verses a conversion of the code.

THESE ARE REALLY VIDEOS ABOUT HOW WELL THE DEVELOPER HAS PORTED THE GAME

THEY ARE NOT COMPARISONS OF HARDWARE PERFORMANCE

So, although these comparisons may be useful for consumers deciding which version they should by, it is fucking stupid to try and use them for your fanboy agenda - because if you do - it means you are a complete fucking moron.

@retriba, great post...! Look at how amazing Drake's Fortune is, and the Killzone2 Beta is shaping up to be sweet as.

Anyone who plays this on any platform will enjoy the game - that's all that matters.

lol, I'm about 20 posts down in this thread!

Why are you running the PC version at TV resolutions? I doubt many people do that. And mouse+keyboard is never ever detremental to a first person shooter. If it is, you're doing it wrong, or you have limited motor functions in your arm, or you're just fucking retarded.

Those are some fab screenies.

once again the xbox comes out on top.
now ive got 360,ps3,wii and pc all in the house.
id never buy a serious game like this on any other format than 360, it constantly out perfoms the others.
now off to put my feet up on the 300 quid dvd player that is a ps3 and play some smooth, responsive cod:waw on the 360!

dont worry ps3 gamers your day will come, in the form of a sockman, making joke levels, with little daises for 6 year old girls.

The_Surreal - PS3 fanboy of the highest order

lol EG you are fucking retards with English degrees, and richard you are more moronic than the rest

Seriously, think alot of people are correct about EG being biased towards the XBOX 360. From the face off they always seem to be ragging on the PS3. Not that I care. But a bit of subjective journalism would be nice.

Oh buy the way I don't have a PS3 have a 360. I don't consider myself to be a fanboy. Would like a PS3 though (anyone wanna give me theirs?)

104 replies it says on the front page, but theres only 87? i dont have anyone on ignore..

haha i think they are trying to beef it up a little as someone in these posts slagged them off and said something like 'give it up your not even getting the same amount of replys anymore'

and i agree. why these minute details need blown up to a full article is beyond me - especially when they come post release...

if there something really worth mentioning regarding different platforms surely to should be pinned on the review, you know before anyone buys it.

Got PS3 version (borrowed) - the colors looked a bit washed out, and have less depth. This happend with Fallout 3 too.

I'm a ps3 and 360 owner and there is little doubt that the 360 is the better gaming machine of the two as a general rule. However owning both is soooo much better than owning just one of them. Like the ps2 the ps3 is overly complicated and hard to fully exploit but as a general rule ps3 games are almost as good as 360 and exclusive ps3 games can be as good if not better than 360 technically. I love both its the wii I don't have much regard for.

GeneralVinyard = Fucking Retard of the highest order